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RENAL DATA FROM THE ASIA - AFRICA |
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Year : 2010 |
Volume
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Ethical disputes in living donor kidney transplantation: What should we do to save lives?
Hossein Khedmat1, Saeed Taheri2
1 Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Dr. Taheri Medical Research Group, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Hossein Khedmat Department of Internal Medicine Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah Hospital, P.O. Box 14155-6437, Tehran 1435915371 Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 20814148 
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Living donor kidney transplantation has strong opposition and proponents. Opponents argue that this would exploit poor and female while proponents discuss the high mortality rate of ESRD patients and the low risk of a living donation. In this debate, we reviewed disputes in ethical aspects of living donor kidney transplantation to reach to a good overview of the current concepts on the issue.
"To save an innocent human life is equal to saving the humankind." Holy Quran; AlMaeda:32 |
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